NAVIZ KHOJA

Built on repeats.

Software Engineer shipping mobile and backend products, blending engineering fundamentals with fast iteration, GenAI, and a love for problem-solving.

Sisyphus loop

About.

Software Engineer·Mobile + Backend + GenAI

I build products end-to-end—shipping polished mobile experiences, reliable backend systems, and GenAI features that improve safety, UX, and decision-making. I care about clean architecture, measurable impact, and iteration that compounds.

Toolbox

DartKotlinSwiftTypeScriptC++GoPythonFlutterFirebaseNext.jsNestJSBunMongoDBMySQLGCPKubernetesDocker

Experience

  1. Adora Inc.Founding Software Engineer

    Jun 2024 — Present

    Flutter, Firebase, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, Go, Python, Bun, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, GenAI

    • Owned and delivered end-to-end production features including Leave & Arrival Notifications and Location History—spanning UI, backend logic, and location-based algorithms for real-time parental safety use cases.
    • Led development of Unsafe Text Detection: integrated LLM inference with Google Gemini and deployed ShieldGemma 9B on self-hosted VM infrastructure, significantly reducing inference costs vs managed LLM APIs.
  2. Adora Inc.Software Engineer Intern

    Oct 2023 — May 2024

    Flutter, Firebase, Dart, TypeScript, GCP

    • Monitored production stability by reviewing Firebase Crashlytics daily; diagnosed root causes and shipped fixes that reduced crash frequency and improved reliability for active users.
    • Built and shipped the Family feature to support multiple parents/guardians per family account for shared monitoring and management workflows.
  3. IncubyteSoftware Craftsperson Intern

    Jan 2024 — May 2024

    TypeScript, Next.js, NestJS, TDD, Generative AI

    • Enhanced UI/UX for a US client using ChakraUI + Next.js + NestJS.
    • Built proof-of-concepts including a GPT-powered RAG application.
  4. EventBeepSoftware Development Intern

    Mar 2023 — Sep 2023

    Flutter, Firebase, Dart, BLoC, MVC

    • Contributed across design, testing, and maintenance of the mobile app.
    • Improved performance and maintainability using Cubit/BLoC, getIt, freezed, build_runner.
  5. iMocha (Skills Assessment Platform)Problem Setter Intern

    Oct 2022 — Feb 2023

    C++, C, Python

    • Designed and tested DSA problems (arrays, queues, DSU, sorting, hash tables) and wrote editorials.
    • Created thorough edge-case test suites and validated constraints to prevent flaky or ambiguous evaluations.

Education

L.D. College of Engineering — B.E. (IT), CGPA 8.67

Aug 2020 — May 2024 · Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Achievements.

Milestones from competitive programming, hackathons, and shipping products.

Codeforces

Specialist · 1431

theviz · 1000+ problems solved

ICPC

AIR 129 · AIR 64

Amritapuri Preliminary + Regionals (2022)

Wins

Hackathons + Funding

Multiple wins · SSIP 2.0 funded

What I optimize for

  • Consistency: showing up daily and compounding skills.
  • Execution: shipping, measuring, iterating.
  • Competitive edge: problem solving under constraints.

Codeforces activity

Profile

My peak problem-solving days looked like this.

Codeforces activity heatmap snapshot

Handle: theviz

Hackathons + ICPC

Hackathon team celebrating a win on stage
ICPC regional round team photo
Receiving a hackathon prize
Coding during a hackathon
Team photo at a hackathon venue
Holding a winning prize cheque
  1. Codeforces Specialist (1431)

    cp

    Handle: theviz · 1000+ problems solved.

    Competitive ProgrammingCodeforces
  2. ICPC

    icpc

    AIR 129 in ICPC Amritapuri Preliminary (Qualified for Regionals) · AIR 64 in ICPC Amritapuri Regional Round 2022.

    Competitive ProgrammingICPC
  3. Azadi ka Amrut Mohatsav Hackathon 2022 — Winner

    hackathon

    Project: Parivartan (NFT Marketplace for Gujarat’s cultural artifacts).

    HackathonWinner
  4. HackNUthon (Nirma University) — 2nd Prize

    hackathon

    Project: Parivartan · 2nd place among 1,000+ participants.

    Hackathon2nd Prize
  5. SSIP 2.0 Funding

    funding

    Parivartan funded under Gujarat Government’s Student Startup and Innovation Policy 2.0 (₹88,250).

    FundingSSIP 2.0
  6. Odoo Hackathon 2025 — Winner

    hackathon

    GlobeTrotter · Won among 19,000 teams · Prize: ₹1,50,000.

    HackathonWinner